From kde-devel Fri May 14 18:55:14 1999 From: Torsten Rahn Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 18:55:14 +0000 To: kde-devel Subject: Re: Applets? [ was: Re: kde mp3 player] X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-devel&m=92670799720274 Martin Konold wrote: > > On Fri, 14 May 1999, Pietro Iglio wrote: > > > Question: is there any copyright issue if we copy toolbar icons from other > > applications? I have seen the same icons (eg. the floppy disk for "Save") > > in many toolbars in many different applications. > > Did they all pay license fees? Is it possible to copyright a small icon? > > (like the ones appearing in toolbars) > > Please be very careful and do not copy ANY non open source artwork into > kde applications. > > E.g.: The big number of win32 icons are freely availabe from M$ but ONLY > for use on the Windows platform. Besides that itīs also not a matter of getting *icons* but getting icons that are *style-compliant*. The new KDE-HiColor-icons will look different from GNOME icons which look different from Windowmaker-icons which look very different from Winblows- icons which look ..... So if you want KDE-toolbar-icons they have to be created style-compliant! (Well, who said I would not create toolbar-icons ... ? :-) Otherwise it will look very unprofessional ... Torsten > Regards, > -- martin > > // Martin Konold, Herrenbergerstr. 14, 72070 Tuebingen, Germany // > // Email: konold@kde.org // > Anybody who's comfortable using KDE should use it. Anyone who wants to > tell other people what they should be using can go to work for Microsoft. > KDE not only OpenSource[TM] but OpenMinded[TM]. > KDE: A stable GUI for a reliable OS.